Door for cases and cabinets



Dec. 2, 1924- 1,517,267

F. W. .TOBEY DOOR FOR CASES AND CABINETS Filed Jan. 23, 1922 2Sheets-Sheet l IN V EN TOR.

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FRED W. TOBEY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

DOOR FOR CASES AND CABINETS.

Application filed January23, 1922. Serial No. 531,225.

To (all whom if; may concern.

Be it known that I, FRED W. TonnY, a citizen oi the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, county of Kent, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Doors for Cases andCabinets, of which the following is a Sl lQClllCZltlOll.

This invention. relates to. improvements in doors for cases andcabinets.

The main objects of the invention are:

F irst, to provide an improved door for sectional bookcases and likecases or cabinets which is simple in its parts and easily assembled andat the same time etl'ectively guides and equalizes the sliding movementof the door.

Second, to provide an improved guiding and supporting means for doorshaving a swinging and sliding movement which is very quiet in operation.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural. details, willdefinitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and meansdescribed in the following specification. The invention is clearlydefined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisapplication, in which:

Fig. I is a front elevation of a bookcase section embodying the featuresof my invention.

F ll is a vertical section on a line corresponding to line 2-2 of Figs.I and IV with the lower part of the casing and door broken away, thedoor being shown in its (dosed position.

Fig. H is a plan view oi a case embodying the features of my invention,with the door closed.

Fig. III is a detail section corresponding to that of Fig. II with thedoor in open position.

Fig. IV is a detail vertical lon itudinal section on a linecorresponding to ine 4-4 of Fig. II.

Fig. V is a detail vertical section on a line corresponding to line 5-5of Figs. I and IV, the door being shown in its retracted position bydotted lines.

Fig. V1 is a detail section on a line cor responding to line 66 of Fig.1H, showing details of the door sup-port.

Fig. VII an enlarged detail view on a line corresponding to line 77 ofFig. 11, showing details of the guide means.

In the drawing similar reference charaoters refer to similar partsthroughout the several views, and they sectional views are taken lookingin the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the section lines.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a section of a sectional bookcaseand 2 the door thereof. The structural details oi these parts are notillustrated as they form no part of my present improvements.

The case is provided with a front bar 3 and has a horizontal cleat 4secured on the inner side of itsrear wall. The door 2 is rabbeted at 5on its inner side to receive the pins 6 which project from the endwalls.

The hooks 7 are secured as by means of screws 8 at the rear ends ofthese rabbets 5 to coact with the pins when the door is in its extendedposition, the pins constituting pivots or pintles for the door, thussupporting the door for swinging movement.

A guide rod 9 is disposed horizontally and preferably in a centralposition, it being supportedby brackets 10 and 11, the bracket 10 beingmounted upon the front bar 3 by means of screws 12, while the bracket 11is mounted upon the cleat 4:, the ends oi the rod being engaged with thebracket.

An angled guide member 13 is secured to the door by the horizontallydisposed pivot 14, the pivot being carried by plates 15 and the doorbeing recessed at 16, so that the guide may swing between the plateswhen the door is swung to horizontal position. The outer arm of thisguide member has a vertical slot 1.7 therein through WlIllCl'l the guiderod is arranged. A thimble-likc sleeve 18 slidable upon the guide rod isloosely retained in the slot 17 by means of the flanges on th sleeve.This engagement of the guide member with the rod through the sleeveprevents binding and chattering as the door is slid into or withdrawnfrom the case. At the same time the door is very effectively guided andbinding or wedging is prevented.

The parts are very easily assembled as the hook members 7 may beattached before the door is put into the case. The door is then slippedinto position upon the pins 6 ing and with the guide rod passed throughthe sleeve of the guideiimembeiay Witli' the doo'ij'in theposition-shownin Fig; II the bracket '10is-*- secured. The door is then moved-:rearhWardly and the bracket--11 secured,- thus properly centering andlocating the rod.

The parts of my improvements are' Very' provementsas*I have embodied oradapted the same insectional'bookcases:- I have not attempted-fto'illustrate or describe other said guide rod mounted on said trout barand: on said 'clea'tyan angled "guide anem belpivoted to the rear sidebtthe doo1-"by a orizontally disposed pivot and vertically slottedtoreceive said guide rod, plates mounted on said door to engage said guidememberwheirthe door is in its horizontal sliding position, and a sleeveslida-ble on. said rod and loosely-engaged in said slot of said guidemember.

2. The combinationwith a ease,-ot a door,

- pins disposedon said case adj acent thet'ront m'odifidil-tions'orad-ztptations'as I believe" the r disclosure "ma/ale Wil'lenable thoseskilled *in the art to'wh'ich*my-"invention relaitesto ern body oradaptth'e same as may be' 'des'ired Having thus described my'inve-nt1on,=' What I claim asf-neiv"an'ddesire to secure by Lets tersPatent; is 1 i 1. The 'COInbinaZtion With a a horizontallydisposedcleait' on its" rear case provided With a frontbar'at'thetop thereof andwith Wall; of a door," pins 'disposed [on "said caseadjacent the-frontthereof; l1o'oked hinged said pins and pivomny *support the floor when"it ispulled" to' its torward' position,

said'-1: ins'being- {positioned to slida'bly' support "said door "whenit is swungto'a horizontal posi-tion*,'- a -tra1'1sversely* disposedbracketsfor guide rod" ang-led supporting i slotted to'receive saidthereof,

comprising a guide rod Versely or said case above said-door a guidemembers mounted"on said' door to engage-' hooked hinged members mountedonsaid-dorto' engage said pinsand pivotally support the'door when it ispulled to its forward position; said pins being positioned to slidably'support said door when it is swung to a horizontal positiom atransverse'lydisposed' guidei'od, an angled guide member pivoted to therear sideol the door by a "horizontally disposed pivot andvertic'allyslotted to receive said guide rod, and a sleeve slidable onsaid rod and looselyen- "gaged in said slot of said guide member.

3. The-combination with a case, a door, inea ns'for supporting andguiding said door mounted "transmem'benpivoted to the door andvertically ble slidable on said rodand loosely engageiil 1n smd slot: ofsaid guide member.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

FRED XVI TOBEY. I'L. s]

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